Thursday, July 31, 2014

Children’s author Emily Sinclair was
supposed to be the next J.K. Rowling… Until her second book flopped
and her imagination went on the fritz. So Emily sets out on an epic
adventure to find inspiration again. Till a dead car lands her in
Covington Falls, Georgia. Soon Emily is taking up her quest, looking
for inspiration driving a mobile library van, as a companion to a
crotchety old woman and her insomniac dog, and as a very
ungraceful baker’s assistant. Of course, what really sparks her
romantic fantasies is a valiant hero, though he yields a paint roller
instead of a sword.

Rugged, blue-collar Nate Cooper has
spent most of his life avoiding the printed page. These days he
doesn’t have much use for fancy words and certainly not for a
slightly off-center writer on the lam. Not when his mother is
battling cancer, his little brother has morphed into a teenaged ogre,
and God seems to have taken a vacation.

On paper, these two would seem the
least likely pairing, and a happily ever after nothing but fantasy.
But with faith and imagination Emily and Nate are about to write a
new chapter that will lead to unexpected love.

Excerpt:

Chapter
One

A
stomach-churning thunk.
A disaster-laden chug.
A scary, threatening gurgle.

Emily
Sinclair’s hands clutched the steering wheel as she guided her
how-could-you-give-out-on-me-now
convertible to the side of the road. With a last ominous blunk
and splutter,
the car gave up the ghost.

She
switched off the engine, waited a few seconds, and then turned the
key again. Nothing.

Not
surprising. As if anything glug-glugging
like an octogenarian trying to cough up a lung was going to restart
with so little effort.

A
cranky yowl went up from the passenger seat. Emily glanced over at
the pet carrier and sent the fat Persian inside a confident smile.
“Don’t worry, Wordsworth. This is why modern man invented cell
phones.”

She
fished her phone out of her purse. A blank screen stared back at her.
Pressing more buttons did nothing.

Dead.

Dead
as her car.

With
a sound of disgust, Emily tossed the useless phone aside and stared
out the windshield at the deserted country road in front of her. The
very
deserted country road that stretched around a sparkling blue lake and
disappeared into the back of beyond. The kind of road featured in all
the best horror stories. Emily’s mind conjured up every one, along
with the opening line in the newspaper article.

Once-famous
children’s author found mangled to death. Quest to locate her lost
imagination and revive faded career ends in disaster… as her mother
predicted.

Muttering
an oath, Emily climbed out of the car and slammed the door as hard as
she could. What a fix. And ironic. There were rules about writing.
Not grammar rules, like where to put commas or when to use a
semicolon. No, the unofficial rules for fiction writing. Chief among
them is that an author should never start a novel with the character
driving or thinking. No, readers wanted action right off the top, and
the car could never break down.

In
college, Emily had written a short story where the heroine’s car
stalled in a typical these-people-will-murder-you-in-your-sleep town.
Emily’s professor had written cliché
in bold, red pen across the page. Not satisfied, she’d added boring
cliché, underlining
the boring
with three thick red lines. The critique had stung. The fact that it
had come courtesy of Professor Vanessa Sinclair, Emily’s mother,
had been like ripping off an old bandage.

Emily
was breaking all three cardinal rules of writing at once. Though
technically the driving rule didn’t apply. Same for the sitting
rule. She was thinking, though. Thinking her entire life had become a
cliché, so what did it matter if she broke her mother’s precious
writing rules? She was a one-hit writing wonder. A flash in the pan.
A big-haired eighties’ rock band that had scored one giant hit and
then disappeared into the oblivion of those nostalgic ‘Where
are they now?’ music
specials.

Emily
sighed. If one had to break down somewhere, one could do worse than…
what had the sign said back there? Covington something. Covington
something, Georgia. Muted afternoon sun shimmered off the surface of
the lake. She lifted a hand to ward off the eye-watering glare and
focused on the water. In her previous life, the golden flecks of
sunlight reflecting off its surface would have transformed into a
million different kinds of fantastical creatures. Or maybe something
nightmarish would charge out of that bank of oak trees across the
lake.

Unfortunately,
Emily was stuck in her real life, and her imagination was on the
fritz.

Well,
at least she wouldn’t die of water deprivation while she waited to
be rescued.

Speaking
of rescue.

A
car had appeared, winding around the curve of the lake. A big ole’
country truck calling to mind hoedowns and hay rides. A big ole’
rusty
truck, Emily realized as it drew closer. Burnt red growth spread out
across the hood like a marauding band of Vikings overtaking a
defenseless village. She imagined rust was the only thing holding the
vehicle together.

The
truck slowed and Emily tensed, torn between elation at being found
and wariness regarding exactly who might be behind the wheel of the
ancient rattletrap. The glare off the windshield made it impossible
to see inside the cab, however.

The
tires veered off to the side of the road and stopped, sending up a
cloud of dust. Emily waved her hand, choking on the airborne dirt.
Her mouth felt dry as if she had licked the ground. The door opened.
Work boots emerged. Brown and roughed-up and covered in… paint. A
man stepped out, and Emily steadied her hands against the car to keep
from falling over.

Mr.
Darcy. No, Heathcliff. Only instead of a cravat and breeches, he was
dressed in faded jeans and a black T-shirt, which seemed molded to an
impressive chest. Heath stretched up a good six-plus feet, towering
over her puny five-foot-two frame. A lock of dark chocolate-brown
hair brushed over his forehead. Their eyes met. Since she was already
thinking in clichés, Emily’s mind offered up a million of them to
describe his eyes. She could start with gray, but no way did such a
mundane word do them justice. Slate, storm clouds, a roiling sea,
glazed pewter. Devastating, and framed by thick sooty lashes no man
had a right to possess.

He
stopped a few feet away, and Emily had the fanciful notion he was
trying not to frighten her. Like she was a skittish filly about to
bolt.

“Hi,”
he said. “Car trouble?”

His
voice was like his eyes. Smooth and deep, like honey in a cup of hot
tea.

Emily
nodded. How could she speak when every male literary fantasy she’d
ever dreamed about had unfolded from a rusted-out pickup?

Growing up Kristin devoured books like
bags of Dove Dark Chocolate. Her first Golden Book led to
Laura Ingalls Wilder, Nancy Drew, C.S. Lewis and the Sweet
Valley High series. Later, she discovered romance novels and fell in
love all over again. It’s no surprise then that Kristin would
one day try her hand at writing them. She writes inspirational
romance and women’s fiction filled with love, laughter and a leap
of faith. When she’s not writing her next novel, Kristin works
as an advertising copywriter. Kristin is the author of the
Covington Falls Chronicles, romances set in a quirky Southern town
with a character all its own. Be sure to check out the first two
books in the series, Marry Me and Acting Up.

Monday, July 28, 2014

I’m
not sure how other authors come up with their stories, but here are a
few odd ball inspirations that have come to me.

Touched
by the Sandman came to me appropriately enough as I was waking up.
The state between waking and sleeping when you feel like you are
between two worlds. The warmth of the bed as opposed to the cold air
you know you’ll face when you peek your head above the covers. The
instinctive snuggle to absorb the heat of your lover, only to find
he’s not there. My brain kicked in and that is how Touched by the
Sandman came to me, a whisper of an idea as I woke.

So,
luckily it was a weekend. My husband was gone, at work already. So I
grabbed my computer and started typing away. When I finished I sent
it off to my beta readers (I’m always looking for more by the way!)

Dragons’
Mate came to me late at night as I was watching the SyFy channel. It
was some alligator vs. crocodile movie. Why two fictional reptile
creatures inspired a ménage dragon shifter romance I have no idea,
LOL. I just think my brain doesn’t process things in a normal way.
But who needs normal?

Lightning
Strike. Hmm. I have no idea how that happened! It is about a war
veteran and a tree nymph. If I recall correctly I was surfing the
internet and started reading about mythology and that led to a page
on nymphs. That then led to my story. A magical place, a man and an
injured tree nymph just percolated out of my brain and to my fingers.

A
Saint’s Salvation was different. Never meant to published, I
created a character that had the personality of my son. Don’t say
sick, LOL. It wasn’t a love story at first. It was a way to deal
with the angst. My son was in Afghanistan and it was hard on him, me
and my husband. He would message us weekly or daily, just to touch
base with home. I believe it was to touch base with reality and
normal life, so he remembered what home was like. He won’t talk
about what went on there, but the young men he served with are all
really close even though they are all over the world. When he came
home, he wasn’t quite the same young man. He had matured, somewhat.
He’ll always have a wicked sense of humor. Just having him home
safe, I was able to divorce the story from him and it turned into a
romance.

I
could go on and on. I have two stories currently in the submission
process. One another dragon shifter tale, Stealing Hope, which is
exciting as it will be my first full length novel so it will
eventually be in print! Woo hoo! The other is a short hot erotic
western, Triple D Dude Ranch. I was laughing and said I should write
a western from a city girls point of view, but it got hot fast and
furious. It takes place in Texas and it has a horse. What else does
it need? A hot cowboy? Oh yeah!

I
have four more stories I’m working on. I don’t always remember
how I was inspired, but when I do, as you can see, it just isn’t
normal!

Touched
by the Sandman

~A
lonely woman's torrid sexual dreams and fantasy partner await her as
a dominant reality in another dimension~

The
sandman visits those that need him, assisting them to sleep. Until
one night he meets a woman that he cannot help but return to time
after time.

She
is lonely. He comes to her as she drifts off to sleep, the man of her
dreams. Awake or asleep, which is her reality?

He
knows she is the one meant for him. He will find a way to make both
of their dreams come true.

They
had been searching for their mate, but when they find her she is
traumatized and scared to be around strange men. They must get her to
accept them before they reveal their true natures. Will their love be
strong enough to break down her barriers? Could she truly be destined
to love two dragons?

Today
Annie’s dragons will shift and fulfill her every desire, which
means a fiery threesome—and true love.

For
generations Levi’s family had guarded a sacred glen in the
mountains. Still far from man this isolated area was a favorite spot
of his grandfather. Levi grew up listening to his tales and fell in
love without ever having stepped foot there.

Now Levi’s family,
led by his grandmother, wanted to sell the land. With only his
grandfather and Levi against it, Levi has to prove to the rest of the
family why they needed to continue their guardianship. Believing in
his grandfather’s tales despite himself, Levi went armed with his
camera and his well-known expertise behind the lens and headed out
for proof.

Providing that proof
and protecting the secrets of the glen from the world, Gaia needs to
convince Levi to continue that protection. Daphnaie, the embodiment
of his every dream, is sent to show him why, stealing his heart in
the process to save her world.

Corporal
Nicholas 'Saint' Santiago needs to go home to reclaim the man he used
to be. To be the man he was before Operation Enduring Freedom slowly
hardened his heart. He needs to reconnect to the values and the
reasons he is doing what he does. Saint also needs to try to forget
the courageous woman he knows was meant to be his.

Petty
Officer Angelina Jones' life changed the moment Saint saved her life.
She survived the blast but now has to deal with the fact that she
will never be whole. Knowing Saint received a 'Dear John' letter,
Angelina has no intention of being his rebound romance. She needs to
be loved for herself. She needs to forget about the one man she knows
was meant to be hers.

Beverly
Ovalle lives in Wisconsin with her husband Edmond of 24 years and two
Chinese Water Dragons. Having her own Dragons is expected as she is
dragon crazy and anyone that walks in her house can tell. Her son
Nicholas visits when he is on leave from the Marines. Her
daughter Susannah visits from time to time to make sure us ‘old’
folks are alive and kicking.

Beverly
has traveled around the world thanks to five years in the US Navy and
has worked for the government in one capacity or another for the past
30 years. Beverly and her brothers have travelled most of the
continental United States as children due to the station wagon from
Hell. Still active with veterans, she is adjutant for her local
AMVETS.

Beverly
has been reading romances since her Aunt introduced her to the gothic
romance in the fourth grade and is still reading every chance she
gets.

Thursday, July 10, 2014

Diya Mathur (aka Beauty), celebrated supermodel and Party
Princess of India,
is adored by everyone. She works hard, plays hard, and has the biggest shoe
fetish on the planet. But after she purchases one baby bootie, Diya's
reputation is in ruins. There's only one place to escape the rumours - Texas, under the
protection of her lifelong friend, and secret love, Krish Menon (aka the
Beast).

Financial whizz-kid, CFO and entrepreneur, Krish is a
brooding workaholic with a charisma that still brings Beauty Mathur to her
knees. He has no idea, of course! They've shared a bond since childhood - a
special friendship that thrives on sparring, teasing and goading - but with
Diya back in his life and under his roof, Krish's latent desire for her
explodes. And when he finally admits to the secret that has never allowed him
to commit to any woman - especially Diya - everything changes. Krish might
finally realise how much he wants his Beauty. But he won't get her until Diya
has tamed her Beast.

Falguni Kothari is a
non-traditional homemaker who accidently tripped on a misplaced
soccer ball and fell down the writer’s rabbit hole. Having no more
experience with the whole writing/publishing shebang than being a
voracious reader and movie buff, it more than surprised her that she
could, in fact, write a full-length novel.

Now, several manuscripts
down, when she is not trying to find a way out of her many domestic
duties or cajoling her Latin dance coach to compose a rumba on
Bollywood music, she is found embroiled in some or other
scandal—sorry, creating stories—on her ever-faithful laptop.

She’s authored Bootie
and the Beast, It’s Your Move, Wordfreak! and
Scrabbulous Impressions, a short story. She rumbas across a whole
smorgasbord of Social Media daily and loves to connect with most
living things.

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Thudding footsteps, a smack on the back as I’m swallowing, and
then RAS straddles the chair across from me.

“Don’t gulp. Then I won’t have to keep you from choking.” He fills
his plate with enough food to feed the back line of the Atlanta Falcons. “The
jerk used all the hot water.” RAS glares at me. “You will so pay later.”

“Yeah, right.” I stuff more pancakes, strawberries, and sausages
into my mouth.

I always pay. When will he figure out that I’m not his favorite
tackle dummy?

This is
a story that was with me for a long time, a story begging to be told more and
more each day. Many, many people have been bullied. Most of us survived and
went on to have useful lives, but we will always remember those who pushed us
around, physically and mentally.

We stood
up and walked away. The bruises weren’t always visible, but they were and are
there. We remain quiet when harsh words are spoken … walk away when others
begin conversations that make us feel uncomfortable. One and all, we dream of
the day when bullying will stop.

Some of
us are around to share our stories. Others could no longer handle what was said
or done to them. How do you stop a bully? Words? Actions? Treat them as they do
you? There is no perfect solution, yet we can never stop standing up against
these people.

High school means a whole new world. Yet, for Alex Starkey,
pimples, discovering one of his buds is a real girl now, and an older brother
using him as his favorite tackle dummy are tiny problems. What gets Alex's
temper simmering are his inits. Surviving his freshman year without diving into
deep trouble seems impossible.

Bio:

KC
Sprayberry started writing young, first as a diarist, and later through an
interest in English and creative writing. Her first experience with publication
came when she placed third in The Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge contest
while in the Air Force, but her dedication to writing came after she had her
youngest child, now preparing to enter college.

Her
family lives in Northwest Georgia where she spends her days creating stories
about life in the south, and far beyond. More than a dozen of her short stories
have appeared in several magazines. Five anthologies feature other short
stories. She has three books that are Amazon best sellers: Softly Say Goodbye,
Who Am I?, and Mama's Advice. Her other novels available are: Take Chances,
Where U @, The Wrong One, Pony Dreams, Evil Eyes, and Starlight.

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I worked as an elementary school secretary for twenty-one years. I retired with my wonderful husband, to a fifty-four acre ranch, which is a constant work in progress. We live on solar and wind, which has been a real adjustment! On any given evening, the stars are an awesome sight and can be seen as far as the eye can see!